Governance
Through the Custom Electoral System, Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining elects a council for a two-year term consisting of a Chief and four Councillors. The current chief is Lorraine Cobiness. The four Councillors are Ernest Jameson, John Henry, Terry Greene and Tania Cameron (currently the NDP candidate for the Kenora Federal Riding).
The traditional 'Customary Council' system is the Nation's preferred method of governance. The Customary Council is where a respected head person or speaker from each of the family groups within the Nation is chosen and this group of head people are the ones who have decision making powers and dispute resolving responsibility. Chief and Council is a relatively new system of governance, and the current are supposed to be gradually phasing themselves out in favour of the Customary Council system.
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